ATP: Kyrgios serves in Mallorca, up to 1,500 fans allowed
The ATP lawn tournament on the renovated grounds of the Mallorca Country Club in Santa Ponça will take place in front of an audience from June 19 to 26. The health authorities have given the green light for a maximum viewer capacity of 1,500 fans per day! Nick Kyrgios and the local heroes Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez will be at the start.
by PM
last edit: Apr 28, 2021, 05:35 pm
In less than two months, the first edition of the ATP Mallorca Championships will be held on the grass pitches of the Mallorca Country Club. The key data of this ATP 250 tournament were presented on Wednesday in the historic building "La Misericòrdia" in the center of Palma by tournament director Toni Nadal and Edwin Weindorfer , CEO and founder of the organizing e | motion group . The representatives of all local institutions that support the tournament also emphasized the importance of the event for Mallorca
Kyrgios, Verdasco and Lopez confirm
Nick Kyrgios , the "enfant terrible" of the ATP Tour, has already confirmed his start at the ATP Mallorca Championships and will be one of the big attractions of the tournament. With the participation of the 26-year-old Australian, a big show is guaranteed. Service from below, tweeners, flying balls without looking at the ball - the repertoire of the winner of six ATP tournaments is large and predestined to entice fans to storms of enthusiasm
But the sporty business card from Kyrgios is also impressive. The right-hander hardly misses an opportunity to point out that he has never lost to the current world number one Novak Djokovic (Kyrgios leads 2-0 in head-to-head). In addition, such prominent names as Rafael Nadal , Roger Federer or Andy Murray are on his "hit list"
Lopez and Verdasco represent Spanish colors
“Besides the 'Big 3', Nick is clearly one of the biggest stars in tennis. He also has the most supporters among the young fans. He's a great player who also makes a great show on the court. Therefore we are happy about his commitment to play at the Mallorca Championships. I hope that his appearance will make a lot of fans come to Santa Ponça, ”said tournament director Toni Nadal
In addition to Kyrgios, Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco will also be two real Spanish tennis legends in Mallorca next June. With seven ATP individual titles each, the balance of the two is impressive. In addition, the duo feels extremely comfortable on grass. While Lopez celebrated no fewer than four of his seven tournament victories on grass with Eastbourne in 2013 and 2014 and Queen's in 2017 and 2019, Verdasco impressed in 2019 at Wimbledon with the advance to the round of 16.
With audience and evening sessions
Great news for tennis fans is that spectators will be allowed inside the stadium. Health officials have approved a maximum of 1,500 fans per day. The organizers can also come up with the highlight that for the first time there will be evening sessions under floodlights at a lawn tournament. Special care of the places and the optimal climatic conditions on Mallorca make this possible.